Samantha Sleights

Policy Manager @ Rail Partners She/Her

[Huw Merriman @HuwMerriman]

Our railways play a vital role transporting goods across the country.
Speaking with members of the rail freight industry yesterday, I emphasised our backing for the sector and its ambitions to grow - including through our Network North plan.

[RIA @railindustry]

Our joint reception with @HSRailGroup and @RailPartners is in full swing here at Conservative Party Conference.

Thanks to @AndrewmitchMP speaking so passionately about the value of HS2.

#CPC22

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

great event chaired by Pat Ritchie discussing investment opportunities driving net zero - main takeaway was the lack of developed policy surrounding housing and how a shift away from a number based narrative was needed

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

great to hear @GerryGrimstone key note speech at @UKREiiF taking about the need of government to attract regional investment and putting investors at the heart of policy making in Whitehall

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

excited to be covering the @UKREiiF conference today - first event is hearing from @TracyBrabin on Beyond COP26 to 2050

[DeHavilland @DeHavilland]

One day to go...
DeHavilland's event will be with Liam Laurence Smyth, Clerk of Legislation in the House of Commons, at 09:30 – 10:30 on Tuesday 17 May.

Sign up here: https://t.co/PMKWJfwthP

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

Queen's Speech 2022 briefing background notes formally published: https://t.co/kM1uFVFp7Y

[DeHavilland @DeHavilland]

We're ready!

The @DeHavilland UK team are ready for the proposals that will be announced today in the #QueensSpeech and will be providing timely sectorial summaries and updates to their clients.

#UKPolitics #UKPolicy #DeHavilland

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

The government will publish guidance for a new series of reviews of ALBs. These reviews will scrutinise the work and effectiveness of particular ALBs, aiming to deliver savings for the taxpayer of at least 5% of resource DEL budgets. (p.32)

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

What's in the document? The government is launching the second round of the Levelling Up Fund and will publish a refreshed Prospectus, inviting bids to come forward from all eligible organisations across the UK (p.32)
#SpringStatement2022 #levellingup

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

Full document published: https://t.co/uqKVrp0KKj

Tax Plan: https://t.co/uvgvdLiY9f

#SpringStatement

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

Sunak announces Fuel Duty to be cut by 5p per litre until March 2023 #SpringStatement2022

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

a. broken promises? b. the biggest investment in transport infrastructure? c. all of the above?
Integrated Rail Plan is published here: https://t.co/QTxREyrrn8

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

In the entirety of the Budget & Spending Review document, High Speed 2 appears only once. " Investment in high-quality transport infrastructure will bring communities across
the country closer together & connect them to opportunity. This includes HS2" Which communities is the Q.

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

less of an emphasis on transport infrastructure when talking about ‘levelling up’ with equality of opportunity being pushed. hearing a lot of “overheating of London” @CPSThinkTank @DehennaDavison @BimAfolami @Alex_Stafford @GarethDavies_MP

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

Hearing southern conservative MPs support the levelling up agenda as way to ease the need for housing development in their own areas @ @resfoundation event on can the conservatives be loved in the South while levelling up the North @andy4wm @katyballs @emmacduncan

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

Lots of speculation on Gove becoming new Communities Secretary. Gove previously served as Shadow Housing Minister when Cameron was elected Party Leader in 2005 and recently argued against plans to build fewer than 50 homes, nearly half of them affordable, near his constituency.

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

initial take on Transport Decarbonisation Plan: Government points to a lot of ideas that can work, such as low traffic neighbourhoods and infill electrification but without strong policy commitments to back them.

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

After much delay, Transport Decarbonisation Plan has been published: https://t.co/llYeeLT706

[Samantha Sleights @samsleights]

Transport Decarbonisation Plan - first promised in the Spring, then then Summer. Richard Bruce, Director of Environment and Future Mobility, tells the Transport Committee it will be published before COP26, alongside the delivery plan for the 2030 phase out.